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    Ohio U community express concerns at budget crisis forum

    Faculty members aired grievances with Ohio U’s budget crisis at forum

  • City

    Traversing Baileys Trail with City Council members

    INFOGRAPHIC: A quick look at Parking Enforcement

    How Athens plans to help finance the multimillion dollar Baileys Trail System

    Athens City Council amends Uptown zoning laws

    Three people plead not guilty in connection to death of Collin Wiant

  • State

    Joel Newby spent his entire life in the 15th Congressional District. Now he plans to represent it

    Ohio House passes bill to protect public school students’ religious rights

    Ohio House introduces bill to outlaw abortions in the state

    Ohio U alumnus, former GSS president makes run for congressional seat

    Ohio House bill concerning revisions to ballot language moves to Senate

  • Opinion

    The Counter Opinion: Are political discussions welcome during the holidays?

    OPINION: Republicans Report — “Resist”

    OPINION: Democrats Discuss ー Discriminatory blood donation policies and gay men

    OPINION: Who’s to blame for the partisan divide?

    OPINION: Progressives can’t forgive Chick-fil-A just yet

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    Podcast: Athens Happens – Who’s paying for Baileys Trail?

    Podcast: Athens Happens – What Airbnb Could Mean For Athens

    Podcast: Athens Happens – The Jefferson Marketplace Markup

    Podcast: Athens Happens – Athens County Election Recap

    Deferred Maintenance and Demolitions: Another historic Ohio U building meets a similar fate

    Podcast: Athens Happens – An Uptown business and a suspected pyramid scheme

    Vote Ohio: The Dem. and GOP Candidates for Governor

    Kaitlin Bennett’s open-carry walk was met with hundreds of police officers and Antifa

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Olivia Miltner was the Editor-in-Chief of The New Political in the 2015-16 academic year. She also served as the State Editor, and later the Director of Research and Development.

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Money

Ohio has one of the worst wage gaps in the nation, a new report finds

By Olivia Miltner
April 10, 2017
Law

New report recommends revising Ohio’s bail and pretrial services

By Olivia Miltner
March 26, 2017
Policy

Decreasing nurse-to-patient ratios could help improve patient care in Ohio

By Olivia Miltner
February 27, 2017
Social Justice

Baker sit-in could make history after 70 are arrested

By Olivia Miltner
February 1, 2017
Money

Kasich’s budget proposal increases education funding, changes income tax threshold

By Olivia Miltner
January 30, 2017
Photo Essays

OU students making history at the Women’s March on Washington

By Olivia Miltner
January 22, 2017
Education

Colleges across Ohio won’t change existing firearms policies

By Olivia Miltner
January 18, 2017
Education

A look back at McDavis’ presidency

By Olivia Miltner
October 20, 2016
Feature

Food for Thought

By Olivia Miltner
September 25, 2016
Social Justice

Women’s Sexual Empowerment

By Olivia Miltner
February 1, 2016
Politics

Professors discuss the politics and religion of Star Wars in anticipation of new movie

By Olivia Miltner
December 4, 2015
Social Justice

Students criticize Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism at rally

By Olivia Miltner
November 18, 2015
Politics

Center for International Studies now has representative in Student Senate

By Olivia Miltner
October 21, 2015
Politics

Senate proposal would send unionization and participatory government vote to students

By Olivia Miltner
September 3, 2015
Education

Grand opening of Phase I honors families, Student Union advocates for RA union

By Olivia Miltner
August 31, 2015
Politics

Bill proposes required organ donation education

By Olivia Miltner
April 24, 2015
Social Justice

Take Back the Night keynote and march focus on race, the media and empowerment

By Olivia Miltner
April 17, 2015
Politics

Sunshine Week shows Ohio’s dramatic improvement in government transparency

By Olivia Miltner
March 26, 2015
Politics

Is voting fraud really an issue? Well, maybe.

By Olivia Miltner
March 19, 2015
Politics

Ohio faith leaders voice support for same-sex marriage before SCOTUS hears case

By Olivia Miltner
March 10, 2015
Law

Ohio seeks to renew its contract with Aramark despite criticisms

By Olivia Miltner
February 19, 2015
Law

Odd-year judicial elections could mean smarter voters

By Olivia Miltner
February 12, 2015
Education

Drowning In Debt

By Olivia Miltner
January 30, 2015
Politics

Elections: Republicans sweep, Democrats take a hit

By Olivia Miltner
November 5, 2014
Environment

Summer headlines while you were on break

By Olivia Miltner
September 2, 2014
Education

World history could be a new requirement in Ohio schools

By Olivia Miltner
January 21, 2014
Law

Ohio execution of Dennis McGuire raises questions of legality

By Olivia Miltner
January 20, 2014
Politics

Agency seeks to raise state foster care age, improve youths’ future

By Olivia Miltner
January 13, 2014
Politics

Rep. Debbie Phillips explains her reasons for voting for Ohio’s Stand Your Ground law

By Olivia Miltner
December 2, 2013
Politics

PUCO debates two options for 740 area code exhaustion relief

By Olivia Miltner
November 18, 2013
Education

Ohio has second highest passage rate for school levies in last decade

By Olivia Miltner
November 11, 2013
Law

H.B. 99 could make enforcement of future federal gun regulations a first-degree felony

By Olivia Miltner
November 4, 2013
Politics

Marriage equality advocates launch new campaign for same-sex marriage in Ohio

By Olivia Miltner
October 27, 2013
Politics

Proposed guidelines to curb prescription drug abuse

By Olivia Miltner
October 20, 2013
Environment

Partial government shutdown halts food inspection, limits disease control

By Olivia Miltner
October 14, 2013
Environment

New Ohio Senate Bill threatens to weaken energy efficiency policies

By Olivia Miltner
October 7, 2013
Environment

Shaheen-Portman Energy Efficiency Bill held up by non-germane amendments

By Olivia Miltner
September 29, 2013
Education

Ohio Board of Education President sparks criticism after comments on Toni Morrison book

By Olivia Miltner
September 22, 2013
Education

New E-schools highlight growth of online education in Ohio

By Olivia Miltner
September 15, 2013

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Parking enforcement saw a general decline in citations issued in 2018, according to the 2018 annual Athens Police Department report, but still issued over 10,000 tickets for expired meters citations.
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The Baileys Trail System — 88 miles of mountain bike-optimized trail — is estimated to cost between $11 million and $12 million.
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Athens City Council passed an ordinance Monday evening to rezone portions of the Uptown area to not require that business reserve parking spaces for patrons, but businesses can maintain current spaces for customers if they choose.
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Joel Newby, a Democrat who recently announced his campaign to challenge Republican Representative Steve Stivers for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, plans to pave his way into the halls of Congress by overcoming the political partisanship of Washington.
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Athens Happens is a weekly news podcast brought to you by TNP reporters. This week, tune in to hear about who is paying for Bailey’s Trail.
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ICYMI: More than 100 students gathered on College Green on Monday afternoon to demonstrate against Ohio University’s handling of what some say is an ongoing budget crisis. https://thenewpolitical.com/2019/11/26/photos-students-take-to-college-green-to-protest-budget-crisis/

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I covered the @ufunfacts rally today on College Green, hearing from faculty and students alike about their goals for Ohio U’s budget crisis. Excellent reporting by @TheNewPolitical staff, especially @SarahEDon, @NolanACramer, @ProsserMaggie, and @Eric_Boll_ for live coverage. https://twitter.com/TheNewPolitical/status/1199102390256975878

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Many students and faculty members met on Ohio University’s College Green on Monday afternoon to protest impending faculty cuts amid a university-wide budget crisis. https://thenewpolitical.com/2019/11/25/students-rallied-against-ohio-u-budget-crisis-at-president-nellis-doorstep/

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Many students and faculty members met on Ohio University’s College Green on Monday afternoon to protest impending faculty cuts amid a university-wide budget crisis. https://thenewpolitical.com/2019/11/25/students-rallied-against-ohio-u-budget-crisis-at-president-nellis-doorstep/

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Demonstrators marched to Culter Hall. Leaders of the rally tried to get President Duane Nellis to come outside, but he refused and admin closed the doors to the building.

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